Manuel Antonio National Park & Curu Wildlife Refuge
After a sail of 51 nautical miles, the Sea Voyager caught the sunrise right outside the beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park.
It is one of the smallest protected areas in the country, covering a little less than 3000 acres. For many years this park has been one of the most visited areas in the country, due to its white sandy beaches frame with lush rain forest and, its fearless wildlife.
It is like an open zoo, the monkeys come so close to the visitors, the sloths hang from every possible branch and the ground is loaded with agoutis (rodent-like animals) and coatis (raccoon-like animals).
After a couple of hours hiking through this wildlife parade, the Sea Voyager cruised northwest to the Nicoya Peninsula, home of the last percent left of the tropical dry, or semi-deciduous, forest in the continent, which used to extend from here to Mexico, along the Pacific coast.
The afternoon outing took place in a private wildlife refuge named Curu, where different re-introduction programs for spider monkeys and scarlet macaws have been taking place.
We came back on board with the rainbow melting of the sun on our last day of the cruise.
After a sail of 51 nautical miles, the Sea Voyager caught the sunrise right outside the beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park.
It is one of the smallest protected areas in the country, covering a little less than 3000 acres. For many years this park has been one of the most visited areas in the country, due to its white sandy beaches frame with lush rain forest and, its fearless wildlife.
It is like an open zoo, the monkeys come so close to the visitors, the sloths hang from every possible branch and the ground is loaded with agoutis (rodent-like animals) and coatis (raccoon-like animals).
After a couple of hours hiking through this wildlife parade, the Sea Voyager cruised northwest to the Nicoya Peninsula, home of the last percent left of the tropical dry, or semi-deciduous, forest in the continent, which used to extend from here to Mexico, along the Pacific coast.
The afternoon outing took place in a private wildlife refuge named Curu, where different re-introduction programs for spider monkeys and scarlet macaws have been taking place.
We came back on board with the rainbow melting of the sun on our last day of the cruise.
